REALIZE YOUR TALENT The Buyer/Planner is responsible for executing procurement strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring the timely and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services necessary for company operations. This role involves managing a complex portfolio of spend, negotiating contracts, and collaborating with internal stakeholders to optimize the supply chain. The Buyer operates with a moderate degree of independence and is expected to apply professional purchasing principles to achieve departmental and organizational goals. ESSENTIAL DUTIES • Execute and manage purchase orders, change orders, and procurement activities in SAP ERP (MM/PP), ensuring accurate purchasing data, timely material delivery, and alignment with MRP requirements. • Monitor purchasing dashboards, requisitions, inventory levels, and order status to support production schedules and customer demand. • Develop sourcing strategies, analyze market conditions, coordinate RFQs/RFPs, and negotiate pricing, terms, quality requirements, and delivery schedules to achieve cost savings and supplier improvements. • Manage supplier relationships, monitor performance, and resolve delivery delays, quality issues, and material nonconformances through root-cause analysis and corrective actions. • Collaborate with Operations, Finance, Engineering, Production Planning, and Sourcing to support demand forecasting, inventory control, and material availability. • Identify and mitigate supply chain risks while implementing process improvements to enhance procurement efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure continuity of supply. • Ensure compliance with company procurement policies, internal controls, and applicable trade regulations. • Provide guidance and support to junior procurement team members on purchasing activities, SAP processes, and supplier-related issues.